Stock price when the opinion was issued
He bought more when it fell because it was massively discounted. Also, management gave very poor guidance about what was happening to a lot of their businesses. Feels their core businesses really has good opportunities on the FinTech side, in the US specifically, and the stock can slowly go up. Pays a decent yield.
Before the takeover offer, the stock was not doing very well. The company put themselves up for sale and only one bidder came along. There is still time because the deal has not been finalized.